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The superb plaque is remarkable for its skilful 青白玉質，帶皮。隨形雕山林景色，山中怪石
carving in achieving several layers of depth 疊就，梧桐挺拔，枝幹糾結。老人立於樹下，
on a thin and flat jade pebble. The carver 身穿寬袍闊袖，右手摸著項下鬍鬚，神態自
has utilised as much of the precious stone 若，三童子侍候在旁，前有盛開菊花三株。意
as possible to fashion a scene of figures in a 境平和高雅，悠然自得。
landscape, the foliage of which is cleverly picked
out by the russet skin of the stone. In its three- 此器玉質溫潤細膩，人物雕琢形神兼備，仿如
dimensionality, the setting helps illustrate the 畫卷，趣味盎然。工匠捕捉了生活中美的情
narrative in a naturalistic manner. 趣，樹下老人，衣物、紋飾簡單素雅，非農非
儒，悠閒灑脫，表現了人們對逍遙山林生活的
Only a small number of plaques of this type 嚮往，具寫實自然色彩的時代特色。
attributed to the Song dynasty is known; see
a green jade example, in the National Palace 此器雖呈片狀，但雕琢深邃，層次豐富。工匠
Museum, Taipei, and included in the Museum’s 因材施藝，雕刻人物山林；利用皮色，巧妙點
exhibition Art in Quest of Heaven and Truth. 綴花草樹葉。充滿畫意，真實逼真。
Chinese Jades Through the Ages, 2011, cat. no.
6-2-7; two white jade plaques, in the Palace 傳世品中年代相近之例不多。台北故宮博物院
Museum, Beijing, published in The Complete 藏一件青玉例，曾展於《敬天格物─中國歷
Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. 代玉器展》，2011年，編號6-2-7。北京故宮
Jadeware (II), Hong Kong, 1995, pls 91-92; a pale 博物藏兩件，均白玉，見《故宮博物院藏文
yellow version sold in these rooms, 4th April 物珍品全集：玉器（中）》，1995年， 編號
2012, lot 3017; and a fifth example, from the 91-92。另見黃玉例，售於香港蘇富比2012年
Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, sold in 4月4日，編號3017。一例曾為 Caramoor 音
our New York rooms, 15th March 2016, lot 108. 樂藝術中心舊藏，售於紐約蘇富比2016年3月
15日，編號108。
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